Debby — girls' name

What the Data Says About Debby

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,697 babies named Debby between 1923 and 2016, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Debby currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 890 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Debby performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 4,460 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Debby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,000 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Debby in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Debby in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 9,697 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.